Virgin Galactic walks its first space tourist

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Beth Moses, head instructor of Virgin Galactic, has become today the first passenger of the space tourism company Virgin Atlantic, property of the British billionaire Richard Branson. Moses, who will be in charge of training future space tourists, has shared as a passenger a flight at the special border on the SpaceShipTwo ship together with two pilots of the company to evaluate the cabin that tourists will enjoy and experience as a customer. "It is often said that pilots enjoy the best seats and the best views, but after today's flight I'm not sure of that," said driver David Mackay after the experience of Moses as a passenger.

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The ship of Virgin, which reached a speed three times higher than the sound barrier, can transport up to 6 additional passengers to the two pilots. So far, the company has confirmed that 600 people from 58 countries, including the actor Leonardo DiCaprio or the singer Justin Bieber have purchased their ticket to travel space, with a price of $ 250,000 per customer.

The company of Branson competes with Blue Origin, property of the founder of Amazon, Jeff Bezos, and SpaceX, of the founder of Tesla, Elon Musk, in the race to send to the first space tourists.